The Gulf war reunion.

This one for all veterans that has served in the Gulf. From Desert Storm OIF and OEF.  We all served in a place where there has been a lot of toxins around us.

We have lined up many things for you to do around the area. Six flags is close by.

The WRIISC will be there to teach us how to get your doctor to better under stand TBI's and GWI.  They will also let you know how to get to one of the three clinics for help.

This is the NGWRC Informational Guide (self-help) updated in February 2010.

We are always looking to make this guide one that all veterans can use in their search for information as to what is wrong with the after getting home from the Gulf War.

We do welcome your input as to how we can improve this guide. We have broken it down into five different PDF files. You will need a PDF read like Adobe.

Chapter One: History of the NGWRC & Gulf War Illness (GWI)

Chapter Two: Unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses

Chapter Three: Where to find help

Chapter Four: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

For Immediate Release Contact: Jim Bunker February 26, 2010 866-531-7183

Gulf War Veterans question how well the VA’s plan will work at reopening Gulf War Veterans’ claims on Gulf War Illness.

Gulf War Veterans are concerned about how today’s headline, “VA to reopen Gulf War vets' files”, will impact the VA’s procedures in determining their current and future benefits from the VA.

Jim Bunker, president for the National Gulf War Resource Center (NGWRC), is worried that having the same raters looking over claims they previously denied will be a waste of time and money. The VA’s first priority should be fixing the system.

In a letter he sent, on behalf of the NGWRC, to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and Chief of Staff John R. Gingrich, Bunker has asked that there be better training on the entire rating system.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs needs to set strong and clear policy and directives, that reflect the findings of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC), that will govern how the VA will update its clinician guides and training manuals on Gulf War Illness; and require all persons who treat, or do benefit rating of Gulf War Veterans to take the updated course (mandatory). This training module dedicated to Gulf War Illness should be updated on an ongoing basis and should be made a requirement for all attending VA staff that treat Gulf War Veterans. All references to Gulf War Illness as “psychological” in nature should be eliminated from VA materials and replaced with real data and facts from the latest research and approved by the committee as true research into gulf war illness.

A congressionally mandated scientific panel has concluded that Gulf War syndrome is real and still afflicts nearly one-quarter of the 700,000 U.S. troops who served in the 1991 conflict, according to a report released Monday.

The report broke with most earlier studies by concluding that two chemical exposures were direct causes of the disorder: the drug pyridostigmine bromide, given to troops to protect against nerve gas, and pesticides that were used -- and often overused -- to protect against sand flies and other pests.

May 1, 2007 (Boston) -- Researchers have found signs of structural brain changes in Gulf War veterans with multiple health problems.

This comes eight months after a government advisory panel acknowledged that U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq and Kuwait in the early 1990s suffer increased rates of many ailments.

Two regions of the brain involved in thinking and memory were significantly smaller in veterans who returned with more than five health problems than in those who had fewer ailments, says study head Roberta White, MD, chairman of environmental health at the Boston University School of Public Health.

You can go to WebMD for more on this.